Koru
VC Fund
Toronto, Canada
Koru is a groundbreaking venture foundry created by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan that builds new business models, experiences, and technologies to drive disruptive growth for their portfolio companies.Koru develops new business models, designs innovative experiences, and build cutting-edge technologies. We collaborate with industrypartners to ignite innovation and drive breakout growth.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
For AI agents: llms.txt
Industries Koru invests in
Stages Koru invests in
Countries Koru invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 more contact available
Round size
- Seed
- $4.5M–$6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Finance 1 (25%)
- Software 1 (25%)
- Education 1 (25%)
- Real Time 1 (25%)
- Public Safety 1 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (75%)
- Series A 1 (25%)
Country
- United Kingdom 2 (50%)
- Canada 1 (25%)
- United States 1 (25%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Sukmanowsky
Venture CPO/CTO
|
Venture CPO/CTO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Bryan Marcovici
Managing Director & Managing Partner
|
Managing Director & Managing Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Nesrin Elsawi
Managing Director, COO & Partner
|
Managing Director, COO & Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Steve Wright
Co-Founder
|
Co-Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Moneta Health
|
Moneta Moneta Provides brain health digital therapy platform covered by insurance digital therapy to treat and prevent dementia. | $4.5M / Seed / Feb 13, 2025 | |
Fig Financial
|
Fig Financial operates as a fully digital lending platform. Fig offers personal installment loans with a fully digital, best-in-class experience. | Seed / May 16, 2023 | |
Pebble
|
Pebble allows providers to connect with anyone, no matter where they are at any time and provides a platform for parents to book and manage childcare in a flexible and convenient manner. Make it easier for childcare providers and parents to communicate about everything from extracurricular activities to last-minute childcare bookings. | $6M / Seed / Feb 07, 2023 | |
FYLD
|
FYLD is the category defining frontline intelligence platform for the infrastructure sector. It enables its customers to drive highly efficient and sustainable operations, in safety-focused environments. The FYLD platform enables its customers to have full visibility into what’s happening across their daily operations in real-time, anticipate howthe day may unfold, and lead by data intervention to drive those operations safely to completion every day.With FYLD's algorithms having visited over 1.5m industrial worksites, FYLD customers deploy data-led process redesign, dynamic scheduling, and break down operational silos, achieving even higher ROI. FYLD strips away the need for time-consuming and burdensome administration while equipping field workers and team leaders with the insights they need to make better, data-driven decisions. | $13.3M / Series A / Nov 30, 2021 |
Co-Investors
BKR Capital
1 deal together
Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation
1 deal together
Fairstone Financial
1 deal together
Health2047
1 deal together
Impact America Fund
1 deal together
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
1 deal together
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!
Find investors for your startup
Search 48,091 investors by industry and country. Emails and phones included.
Similar Investors
Similar industry
Similar country
Featured in Investor Lists
Recommended lists
FAQ
What does Koru invest in?
Koru invests primarily in Finance, Software and Education startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Koru's check size?
Koru typically joins rounds of $4.5M–$6M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Koru participates in.
How do I contact Koru?
Public channels for Koru include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
Who are the partners at Koru?
The team at Koru includes Mike Sukmanowsky (Venture CPO/CTO), Bryan Marcovici (Managing Director & Managing Partner) and Nesrin Elsawi (Managing Director, COO & Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
Contact your first 100 investors today
Find who invests in your industry, stage, and country. Download investor list with emails in 5 minutes.
Find investors — It's Free!
Continue with Google
Continue with LinkedIn
